Simple Counter with Scratch?

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I’m trying to create a simple data dashboard on my Hugo site that will simply add or subtract 1 from a number once a day. For example:

  • Days until final paper due: N-1
  • Days since my last haircut: N+1

I was thinking of making a bash script that changed the variable each day, but I thought there might be a solution with .scratch. Has anyone done this? Any ideas or pointers appreciated.

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{{ $var := 100 }}
{{ $var = add $var 1 }}

And you can have a look at this hugo theme for javascript counter : https://themes.gohugo.io/infinity-hugo/

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Thank you. But consider me a complete .scratch noob. How would I set that up?

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No need .scratch.

Now you can use := for init variable and = to update it.
Try my code

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@divinerites is right – Scratch still has its use, but it was added to Hugo before Go template got “variable reassignment support”, which made it’s prime use case obsolete.

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Ok, just don’t know where to save this code and how to declare it. Apologies.

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No worries. But my advice would be to start with the hugo basics and do a hello page first. Then you can build above that.

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